3 ms·

thank you. So many are quick to demonize the companies that spent their money to expand high speed internet do not realize just what you won't get with municipa

thank you. So many are quick to demonize the companies that spent their money to expand high speed internet do not realize just what you won't get with municipal anything. First is service, second is new technology, and third is support. They simply have to offer the baseline requirement and all responsibility after that is farmed off. Farmed off to companies which meet very politically correct setups. Want to see corruption hit an all new level, mandate this. It will turn into the same mess many city airports have become. Home of political friends and family. Serving the places THEY live, you might get some if your in the right zip code. This is the same national government which people blame for everything wrong but suddenly they think it will get this right?

joblessjunkie 12y ago
I get poor service, crummy old modems, and glacial support from my commercial internet provider. If those are your concerns for socialized broadband, then you should already be concerned. No one is mandating municipal ISPs. The claim is simply that there should be competition in markets, and in many cities (like mine) there is no competition by law. My city does a great job with providing me with cheap electricity, clean water, and emergency services. Just because a group of people work for local government rather than a giant corporation doesn't make them any more or less lazy or evil. Perhaps if my city starts investigating a municipal ISP, my one and only commercial broadband provider will finally get of their asses and upgrade my bandwidth, my uptime, and the terrible modem they made me pay for.